Nobody likes to lose and there may still be a chance to win, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Thursday of his hope to emerge victorious the Sept. 20 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election.
The media on a daily basis report that Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe will probably win by a landslide. Whoever wins will succeed Junichiro Koizumi as prime minister.
But in an interview Thursday, Aso, who, unlike Abe has declared his candidacy, said he is not conceding anything.